Articles filed under Health Crises
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Legionnaires' disease confirmed at McHenry senior living communityNov 15, 2018 12:00 am - Three cases of Legionnaires' disease were confirmed at an independent senior living community in McHenry, health officials said. The Illinois Department of Public Health...
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US officials report a record number of tick diseasesNov 14, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. health officials say a record number of tick-borne diseases were reported last year. The 2017 tally of more than 59,000 cases is a 22 percent increa...
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Next generation of biotech food heading for grocery storesNov 14, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The next generation of biotech food is headed for the grocery aisles, and first up may be salad dressings or granola bars made with soybean oil genetic...
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More US kids get paralyzing illness, cause is still unknownNov 13, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - More children have been diagnosed with a mysterious paralyzing illness in recent weeks, and U.S. health officials said Tuesday that they still aren't sur...
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Juul halts store sales of some flavored e-cigarettesNov 13, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The nation's leading e-cigarette maker is halting store sales of some flavors to deter use by kids. The move by Juul Labs Inc. comes ahead of an expect...
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No accounting for these tastes: Artificial flavors a mysteryNov 13, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Six artificial flavors are being ordered out of the food supply in a dispute over their safety, but good luck to anyone who wants to know which cookies, ...
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WHO official predicts 6 more months battling Ebola in CongoNov 13, 2018 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The emergencies chief for the World Health Organization predicted Tuesday that Congo's Ebola outbreak will last at least another six months, saying that in...
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New exercise guidelines: Move more, sit less, start youngerNov 12, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Move more, sit less and get kids active as young as age 3, say new federal guidelines that stress that any amount and any type of exercise helps health. T...
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Heart meeting features fish oil, vitamin D, cholesterol newsNov 11, 2018 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Fish oil, vitamin D, novel drugs, new cholesterol guidelines: News from an American Heart Association conference over the weekend reveals a lot about what...
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Congo ministry says Ebola outbreak worst in nation's historyNov 10, 2018 6:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo's latest Ebola outbreak is the worst in the country's recorded history with 319 confirmed and probable cases, the health ministry said. The ...